Compass Prayer for the Summer

Here's a compass-point prayer for the summer, containing summer themes of light, air, water, skies, sunrise and sunset, rest and zest! I hope you find it helpful. Have a beautiful summer.

Facing east:

In this beginning, Lord / “Let there be light!” (Gen 1)

Breathe into me / Your breath of life (Gen 2.7 +Ezekiel 37.5-6 / John 20.19)

In You / I live and move (Acts 17.28)

Facing South:

“Light, space, zest / that’s You!” (Ps 27.1 MSG)

I will walk with You / in the light of life. (Psalm 56.13)

From my inmost being / May your rivers flow (Psalm 42.7 /John 7.38)

Facing West:

I will trust in You / and soar on wings like eagles.

Where morning dawns & evening fades / you call forth songs of joy. (Ps 65.8)

I come to you / to seek your rest (Matthew 11.28)

Facing North:

At night my heart instructs me. / I set the LORD before me (Ps 16)

You quiet me with your love / You sing over me with joy (Zeph 3.17)

For all of my life / Your house is my home (Ps 23.6 GNB)

Facing east:

In this beginning, Lord / “Let there be light” (Gen 1)

Breathe into me / Your breath of life (Gen 2.7 (+Ezekiel 37.5-6 / John 20.19)

In You / I live and move (Acts 17.28; )

Awake my soul / Awake! (Psalm 57)

Circling Prayer

Be blessed, Lord

as you bless to me

this air, this light, this earth, this sea;

I stand here in your family.

Encircle me, O Three in One,

in shining stars and rising sun;

within, beneath, around, above

please bind me in your boundless love.

Amen